Deputy Sister - Gynaecology

at  East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Band 6 Deputy Sister for Gynaecology department in Ipswich.
We are looking for enthusiastic, dynamic nurse who is motivated and has a passion for delivering high quality care to join our team.
You will need to demonstrate an excellent written and verbal communication skills.
You will be mostly concentrating on day- to -day managing a team, supporting with appraisals, supervisions, sickness absence, and rota management.
This is fixed term/ secondment post until 1/12/2025 for 22.5 hours per week.
Assumes responsibility, as delegated by the Ward Sister, for the management of both human and financial resources, within the department in an effective and efficient manner, liaising with speciality matron, Service Manager and Associate Director as required.
Use clinical expertise and work in a collaborative way to extend the role of nursing to meet the needs of the patient, carer and family. (Delivery of care in accordance with Working in New Ways guidelines.
Acts as a role model to develop and encourage harmonious working relationships and professional rapport within the department and with other disciplines, departments and external agencies.
Manages clinical risk by ensuring all nurses take individual responsibility for the assessment of patient care needs and the development, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care within the department
Takes the responsibility for setting and implementing evidenced based standards of care within the department in co-operation with the appropriate clinical nurse specialist and/or practice development nurse as identified by the Trust, supported by the Practice Development Team.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England , employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients .
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
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